Surfacer



F. RIEBEL, JR., ET AL sqRmcER Filed Jan. 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Mia- Aug. 13,, 1935. F. RIEBEL. JR., ET'AL 2,011,012

SURFACER Filed Jan. 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 LU! m/sss Patented Aug. 1 1935 UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE SUBFACEB Application January 25, 1932, Serial No. 588,833

6 Claims. (Cl. 91-39) Our invention relates to surfacers of the type embodying a renewable cartridge of surfacing material and has for its object to provide an applicator adapted for employing a renewable cartridge comprising a filled collapsible tube adapted to lie parallel to and closely adjacent the surface being treated when the surfacer is in use.

More specifically, it'is our object to provide, in a surfacer an applicator and collapsible tubeassembly wherein the applicator forms a casing or container for the collapsible tube and may be dissociated from the wax cartridge very easily and quickly.

The present invention embodies particularly a holder, a presser head, a cartridge, and a distributor in the form of a flexible casingflpreferably of fabric, extended around the cartridge and secured to the head.

A further object is to provide, in such an arrangement, a distributor which, like the cartridge, may be dissociated from the remaining elements of the surfacer for renewal purposes and yet which is adapted to be used over and over again in connection with a number of cartridges, as may be desired. I

Another'object is to provide such an arrangement wherein the distributor may be dissociated from the head speedily and easily.

Another object is to provide an arrangement wherein the distributor is so formed that it is easy to arrange in it a new cartridge and impossible to incorrectly arrange the cartridgelin assembling the device.

Another object is to provide an arrangement wherein the head is adapted for attachment to either of several types of holders.

Our invention further aims to attain the foregoing object in a structure which is of comparaa tively simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

With these and other objects in view our invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts thereof, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as more fully set forth in the accompanying specifications, pointed out in our claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a surfacer embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is an-inverted plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the surfacer without the holder and head.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation showing the invention other.

arranged with a vacuum cleaner floor toolacting as the holder.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the extended distributor. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken transversely through the waxer, and

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken longitudinally through one end of the surfacer.

The material for which this invention is particularly adapted is semi-fluid wax, and in the following descriptions, this material will be specifically referred to without thereby intending to limit the scope of the invention.

A waxer of this invention embodies generally a wax package A, a presser head B, and a holder C" (see Fig. 6).

'The wax package A comprisesa renewable cartridge ill, a distributor II, and a back plate l2, the latter forming part of the head B.

The head B comprises the back plate l2, the studs l3 rigidly secured thereto and projecting upwardly, the clamp plate It provided with openings l5 receiving the studs l3, and wing nuts l5 threaded upon the studs l3 and serving todraw the back plate l2 and clamp plate It toward each The holder C in the preferred form shown in Fig. 6, comprises a handle l1, and a claw l8 formed integrally with a ferrule l9 secured upon the end of the handle H.

The closed ends of the claw l8 are slotted as at 20 to receive the studs l3, and the wing nuts l6 engage the upper face of the claw, securing the same in contact with the upper face of the clamp plate H.

The distributor H is preferably formed of a fairly heavy tough fabric although it may be of any flexible material such as for instance leather or composition, and is faced with a layer of soft absorbent material 2|, such as felt or any material suitable for distributing non-liquid wax to a surface to be treated. Openings 22 are provided in the distributor being arranged centrally and longitudinally thereof, and when the waxer is ready for use, the operator simply takes a sharp instrument and punctures the tube in which the wax of the cartridge I0 is contained, 'in registry with the openings 22.

The arrangement of the openings 22 diagonally as shown provides a wax feeding mouth in a series of openings without unduly weakening the webs of fabric 23 between said openings. This provides for a maximum spreading range together with maximum strength and durability in the distributor.

The distributor is in the form of a rectangular receptacle, its end portionsbeing'turned back and'secured to the edge binders 24 as shown in Fig. 5. These end portions form flaps 25 which extend over the ends of the cartridge It as shown in Fig. 7. 1

In Fig. 5, one side of the applicator is shown spread out horizontally while'the other side ex-- tends vertically toward the eye'of the observer. This latter side is provided with buckle elements 26 and the former side is provided with co-aeting buckle elements 21, both of a conventional well known construction, and both secured to the edge binders 24.

In assembling the package A, the cartridge makes it possible to adjust the distributor cartridge as the latter becomes smaller during the ejection of its contained wax.

The clamp plate M has the side flanges 28 which engage against the edge binders 24, with a certain amount of resiliency so as to exert some tension against the distributor ll, aiding in, theadaptation of the distributor to the cartridge as the later shrinks in size. The bead 29 on the edge of, the back plate l2 aids in the securing of this result by tending to hold the distributor away from the back plate l2, the buckles 2l28 pulling the edges of the distributor toward each other in a flat plane.

Instead of the holder C shown in Fig. 6, the floor tool C of a conventional type of vacuum cleaner maybe employed. 7

Ears 30 are upstruck from thehead l4, and yokes 3| are hinged to these cars. The yokes 3| are provided with'depressions 32 to receive the semi-spherical heads 33 of an element which is found embodied in each'end of the particular floor tool C illustrated.

The lips 34 ofthis floor tool engage against the upper surface of the head l4, and the wing nuts 16 may be turned so that their wings are lined with each other and may thence be received within the mouth of the floor tool, between the lips 34.

The head I4 is provided with an upstruck bracket 35 having a shoulder 33 terminating in an upwardly projecting ear 31. the latter being receivable between the lips 34 and the shoulder 36 engaging against the lower edge of the end wall 38 of the floor tool. The particular construction of the head for attachment to the floor tool of a vacuum cleaner is shown more in detail in our co-pending application Serial No. 588,835 and is described here onLv sufliciently to show the adaptability of this invention to either a handle holder of the type shown in Fig. 6 or a vacuum cleaner.

In the operation of the de cc, the applicator is placed; against the. floor or other surface to be treated with the distributor facing 2! in contact with such'surface, and is then moved back and forth over the surface in a direction transdistributed over the surface by the distributor facing 2|.

When the device is used with a vacuum cleaner, the weight of the cleaner itself may be employed for providing the pressure for feeding wax and may be supplemented by manual pressure.

It is readily apparent how the distributor, being a separate element, may be renewed.

At the same time, the cartridge is entirely unconnected. with the distributor, being simply loosely received therein and it is therefore possible to renew the cartridge without renewing the distributor.

The end flaps 25 form pockets for the reception of the ends of the cartridge, and when the device is assembled, are clamped between the cartridge and the back plate I2. Should a tube or container of thin and frangible material be employed for the wax, the securing of the end flaps 25 in frictional contact with the under side of the back plate will guard against bursting the ends of the cartridge and thus a completely enclosed casing including the distributor and the back plate, will be provided.

It is to be noted that the functions of the binding strips 24 are several. To begin with, they make it easy to handle the distributor when folding it around a cartridge. They transmit the pull of the buckle fasteners to each portion of the fabric material of the distributor uniformly, and provide support for the distributor against the expansive pressure produced in the use of the device, during its entire length.

Another function of the binding strip is to provide a surface against which the clamp plate may engage. This is particularly usefulwhere it is desired to employ the clamp plate as a means or securing the edges of the distributor instead of the buckle fasteners. It is to be understood that these buckle fasteners may be dispensed with if desired and the distributor secured between the clamp plate and the back plate by clamping engagement of the two. The rigid bindings serve as a means for clamping the side portions of the distributor so that there will be no slipping at any point along its edges.

We claimas our invention:

1. In a waxer, a head including a back plate and a clamp plate, a collapsible wax cartridge in contact with the lower face of the back plate, a flexible distributor extending around said cartridge, and holding the same against the back plate, fastening means connecting the extremities of said distributor above the back plate, means connecting the clamp plate and the back plate and urging the clamp plate against the upper surfaces of both said extremities of the distributor, said means comprising threaded studs secured rigidly to the back plate and projecting upwardly through the clamp intermediate said distributor extremities plate and nuts threaded on said studs and a handle secured to the clamp plate by means of said studs.

2. In a waxer, a back plate, a collapsible wax cartridge in contact with the lower face thereof. a flexible distributor extending around said cartridge and holding it against the back plate, the

extremities of said distributor being extended over the back plate, and selectively adjustable buckles connecting said extremities of the distributor above the back plate.

'3. In a waxer, a back plate, a collapsible wa cartridge in contact with the lower face thereof,

. a flexible distributor extending around said cartridge and holding it against the back plate, the 75 I a the edges of said distributor anjd said :ifastening above thefback plate and adapted to, take o ner A in saiddistributor occasioned by a decrease in the volume of the cartridge and aclamn plate detachably secured to'the back. plate and covering means.-

4. In a waxer, a bmk plate, acollapsible wax cartridge in eontactwith the lower face, thereof, a

16 over the respective side portions'of the bac plate,

distributor a substantially rectangu- 1 lat of flexible materials provided with end i pockets receiving the ends of said-cartridge, the

side portions of said distributor being extended and fastening means connecting said side portions above the back plate the terminaliportions of said pockets being engaged between the 1 plate and the cartridge.

5. In a met, a back plate, a collapsible wax cartridge in contact with the lowerwfaceof said back a distrlbntor'comprising a substanv v 2,011,012 :extremities oij said distributorbeing extended overthe back plate,-- adjustable fastening means e connecting said extremities of the distributor back tially rectangular sheet of flexible material, rigid bindings on the edges of said-distributor, end

pockets formed by the end portions of said sheet of material folded back upon themselves and secured by said bindings, and fastening means attached tosaid bindings and connecting the side portions of the distributor above said back plate.

' 6. In a waxer, a back plate, a collapsible wax cartridge in contact with the lower face thereof, a flexible distributor extending around said cartridge and holding it against the back plate, the extremities of said distributor being extended over the back plate, adjustable fastening means connecting said extremities of the distributor above the back plate and adapted to take up slack in said'distributor occasioned by a decrease in the volume of the cartridge, a clamp plate detachably secured to the back plate and covering the edges of the distributor and said fastening means, and

a handle secured-to said clamp plate.

- FREDERICK RIEBEL, JR.

LAWRENCE m; BENSON. DEWEY M. DOW. 

